Cricket

Informative histories of cricket include Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket (1999); Ralph Dellor and Stephen Lamb, History of Cricket (2006); John Major, More than a Game: The Story of Cricket’s Early Years (2007); H.S. Altham and E.W. Swanton, A History of Cricket, 2 vol. (1963); Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of Its Growth and Development Throughout the World (1970); E.W. Swanton (general ed.), Barclays World of Cricket: The Game from A–Z, new ed., rev. by George Plumptre (1986); and Jack Pollard, Australian Cricket: The Game and the Players (1982).

Illustrated histories include Christopher Martin-Jenkins,Cricket, a Way of Life: The Cricketer Illustrated History of Cricket (1984); David Frith and Martin Tyler (eds.), The Illustrated History of Test Cricket, 3rd ed. (1979); and Eric Midwinter, The Illustrated History of County Cricket (1992).

Other more-specialized histories include Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, rev. ed. (2002); Michael Manley with Donna Symmonds, History of West Indies Cricket, rev. and expanded (2002); Chris Harte with Bernard Whimpress, The Penguin History of Australian Cricket (2008); Lateef Jafri,History of Pakistan Test Cricket (2003); Tony Crozier, Wisden History of the Cricket World Cup (2006); and Gerald Brodribb, The Lost Art: A History of Underarm Bowling (1997).

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (annual); Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn, and Peter Wynne-Thomas, Who’s Who of Cricketers: A Complete Who’s Who of All Cricketers Who Have Played First-Class Cricket in England with Full Career Records (1984); Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who’s Who of Test Cricketers, rev. ed. (1987); The Cricketers’ Who’s Who (annual, 1987– ); Bill Frindall (compiler and ed.), The Wisden Book of Cricket Records (1986), and The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, 3 vol., 5th rev. ed. (2000); Steven Lynch (ed.) The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 2000–2009 (2010); and Bill Frindall and Victor H. Isaacs (compilers), The Wisden Book of One-Day International Cricket, 1971–1985 (1985), can be consulted for records, scores, and statistics

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